Powder-container.



O. E. ANDERSON, JR. POWDER CONTAINER. APPLICATION FILED APR. n. 1918.

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POWDER CONTAINER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 17. 1918.

Patented Feb. 18, 1919.

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Specification of Ietters Patent.

Application filed April 17, 191B. Seria1 No. 229,195.

To all whom it may concern 1 Be it known that I, 01.01? EWART ANDER- SON, Jr., a citizen of the United States, and

'ing operation may aresident of Astoria, in the county of. Clatsop and State of Oregon, have made certain new and useful Improvements inP owder- Containers, of. which the. following is a specification.

My .present invention relates generally .to powder containers, and more particularly .to

a dispensing-container for various uses, my ob ect belng the provision. of a contamer including means whereby the powder will be sifted as dispensed, and whereby the dispensbe accomplished readily and quickly. I

A further object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive mechanism! which may be mounted in connection with a. wall bracket and the like at any convenient i the actuating stemand its barrel;

Fign is a detailed perspective view of the'agitating frame with its out OH; I 1

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of a portion of the holder,- and,

Figs. 6' and 7 are detailed sections through the dispensing stem and its barrel taken respectively on lines 6-6 and 77 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to'these figures, my invention proposes the use of a transparent container 10 for powder and like material having its upper and lower ends reduced, the

latter being threaded as at 11, andthe former having a surrounding band 12 supporting-a lid or cover 13 by means of which the supply of powder within the. container may be readily replenished from time to time as needed, the transparent wall of the container permitting the user to view-the supply and thus readily determine when it should be replenished. The container '10 being thus open at its upper and lower ends the threads 11 at-itslower end'adapt the same to be screwed within the upper internally threaded opening of a holder generally seen M11 4,

having an enlargedhollow body 15, and a rearwardly projecting'stem 16.

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The body l5, in the upper portion of" which the container is mounted,-thus com mnnlcates with the interior of the said con tainer'and is provided at its lower-portion with a series of openings 17 forming a sieve powder through an apertured lower cap {-18.

p The stem 16 has" an axial bore WhiChIG- celves the inner end of a barrel 19, theforward portion of which projects forwardly through'the hollow body 1 5,"and'thrdi1ghabearing aperture in the front wall thereof,

- which bearing aperture is surrounded by a bracket 20 having an inturned lip 21 extending within the longitudinal slot '22 ,of a

threaded dispensing stem 23 havinga handle v 7 6 24 .at its forward end. 1 V v The barrel 19 is internally-threaded "as g and permitting of discharge of ;the'sifted-- -f seen at 25, particularly in Fig. 3, the threads of which are engaged by the externalflthreads 26 of the stem 23, said threads 25. and 26 3 being spirally arranged so'.that when the handle 24 is aspedand the stem 23 thrust rearwardly within the.barrel, the-latter will be forced to rotate by virtue of the fact that the stem 23 is held against' rotationby" the lip 21 of the bracket 20. Y I i 19 within the. hollow of the'body 15 and rotatable there Mounted upon th' barrel with, is a frame consisting of end spiders 27 supporting apertured stirrin arms 28, disposed parallel to the axis 0 the barrel 19; in spaced relation thereto and also support ing a curved cover plate 29 which normally v overlies the series of discharge openings 17 ass'een in Fig. 2 so as to prevent outflowg;

At the inner end of the-barrelfl is a plug 30- having a rod 31 projecting axially throughthe barrel andpartly through thehollow stem 23, this rod 31 forming a sup-.

port for a coil spring'32 disposed around thesame between the plug 30 and 'the;,forward end of'the stem 23, so asto'normaHyhold the same in its forward or outer position at which time the framewithin' thehollow body- 15' stands in the. position shown in Fig.2.

510-5 The stem lfimay have athreadedcounter bore adj acent its rear end .to adapt. the same! to .conection upon a threaded studand the like 33, pr'ojectimg for .7 instance from a wall. 'or. like bracket'iit so that the container lO r to prevent rotation of secured upon the outer 1 engaging threads to body, 'and a portion of as well as the dispensing parts in connection therewith may be supported atany point convenient to the operator.

It is obvious that when a supply of powder is desired, the operator places one hand or a receptacle beneath a discharge opening of the lower cap 18, and with his other hand presses inward against the handle 24 thrusting the stem 23 longitudinally within the barrel 19 in a rearward direction and cansing rotation of the latter, so that the stirring frame will be rotated. Upon initial rotation of this stirring frame the cover plate 29 leaves the normal position shown in Fig. 2, so that the several discharge openings 17 are uncovered and during rotation the arms 28 successively act to agitate the powder and cause the same 'to' fall through the several discharge openings, foreign matter, lumps, and the like being retained within the hollow body 15.

I claim:

1. A dispensing device including a hollow body having a projecting stemand provided with a hollow=rotatable barrel internally threaded and mounted through the said stem, said hollow body having a sieve like lower discharge portion and a rotatable stirring frame therein connected to the barrel, a stem movable in the barrel and threaded to engage the threads thereof, said stem having a longitudinal slot, a bracket secured to the body and having a lip extending within the slot the same, a handle end of the stem, and a-spring within the barrel normally holding the same in outer inactive position. p

2. A dispensing device including a casing having a lower sieve-like discharge portion and an upper open end, a hollow barrel rotatably mounted through the casing, a nonrotatable stem movable within the barrel, said stem and said barrel having relatively cause rotation of the barrel upon longitudinal movement of the stem, and a stirring frame mounted on and rotatable with the barrel within the casing and havin a cover plate normally covering the lower ischarge portion of the casing.

3. A dispensing device comprising a hollow casing having an upper open end and a series of lower discharge opetnngs, and prorelatively ing axially vided with a horizontally projecting stem, a barrel rotatably mounted through the casing and within said stem, a non-rotatable spring controlled stem having an outer handle and telescoping within the barrel at one end, said stem and said barrel having engaging threads to cause rotation of the latter upon longitudinal movement of the former, a stirring frame within the casing and secured upon said barrel, said stem of said casing having a threaded counter-bore at its free end and a supporting bracket having a-threaded stud engaged within the threaded counter-bore, for the purpose described. a

4. A dispensing device comprising a hol- 1 low casing having an upper open end and a series of lower discharge openings and provided with a horizontally projecting stem, a barrel rotatably mounted through the casing and within said stem, a non-rotatable spring controlled stem having an outer handle and telescoping within the bar-- rel at one end, said stem and said barrel having relatively engaging threads to cause rotation of the latter upon longitudinal movement of the former, a stirring frame within the casing and secured upon said barrel, apertured stlrring arms carried by said frame, and a cover plate also covered by the frame and normally covering the discharge openings of the casing for the purpose scribed.

5. A dispensing device including a rotatable agitator, a rotatable barrel on which theil agitator is mounted open at its opposite en s, barrel at one end, said stem and said barrel having relatively engaging threads, means to, prevent'rotation of the same, a handle secured upon and closing the outer end of the stem, a plug closing the relatively opposite end of the barrel and having a rod projectthrough the barrel and into the hollow of the. stem, anda spring coiled around the said rod between the plug and 'the closed outer end of the stem, for the pur 100 pose described. v

OLOF EWART ANDERSON, JR. Witnesses: I I

OLOF ANnERsoN, AGNEs JoHANsnN.

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